This year’s GP de Plouay has been slotted into the middle of the European Championships. Originally the Euro Champs were supposed to be in Trentino, Italy but amongst the COVID pandemic, they were moved to Plouay. The advantage to the move is that many riders will now be able to race the Euros and the …
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Anouska Koster has finished third in the Dutch Championship. After a tough race conquering the Col du Vam seventeen times, she only had to tolerate Anna van der Breggen and Annemiek van Vleuten in front of her on the final climb. After a rainy start Koster was soon part of a leading group of three. …
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The Women’s European Championships started life as races for U23 riders. Regina Schleicher won the first road race in 1995 and Diana Žiliūtė the first time trial in 1997. The winners list of the U23 road race is full of some of the strongest riders in the modern history of women’s cycling. The likes of …
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La Flèche Wallonne Féminine or the Women’s Flèche Wallonne has been running since 1998. A relatively long history for a women’s cycling race
Anna van der Breggen is on the greatest female Spring Classics riders. A winner of nearly all of the biggest races, she is the Queen of the Ardennes.
The cycling season is effectively on hold due to the worldwide measures against the coronavirus. So now is a good time to look back at the first 3 months of the season. We’ve seen plenty of different races, starting in Australia and New Zealand, then heading to Asia for the Dubai Tour and warm-up races …
Drentse Acht van Westerveld, an actual race! Despite everything that’s going on, the race organisers have managed to find a way for this race to happen…
It’s been a running joke all Winter, the 2020 cycling season starts with Omloop Het Nieuwsblad. All that Australian stuff like the Cadel Evans race were all just pre-season friendlies. Designed to prepare riders for this race (and all the others this year!). I don’t necessarily subscribe to that view. However, the Spring Classics are …
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California here we come, right back where we started from – or something. The Women’s Tour of California is a 3 stage race with a couple of sprint stages and 1 queen stage that will see the general classification sorted. And it starts tonight for us Brits. The sprint stages are no formality though. Stage …
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The Women’s Tour de Yorkshire includes two hilly 132km stages on 3 and 4 May. Both stages will be broadcasted live in full on ITV4 from 9am-1pm The 2019 Women’s Tour de Yorkshire is a World Tour race in all but name. It’s got a stacked startlist, live coverage of the full stages, the race …